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[Fridays Child]

41. I'm a Democrat. I'm a proud, unreconstructed, card-carrying Democrat.

And until the planet reverses its spin, I will remain a Democrat.

Yes, this is DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND but it does seem a lonelier place, lately--maybe, all the more to those of us who have been here since the beginning. It was a refuge, a place for Democrats who felt utterly helpless, as the political crime of the ages had been committed before our very eyes. An election was stolen in broad daylight and we had this place. It was a saving grace.

Democratic Underground was so much smaller back then. I wonder how many members we had by the end of 2001. In so many ways, this place is richer for having grown from a small town to a large city. Maybe, though, that's also part of the reason it feels lonelier, too.

But it became my home page the day I found it and that has never changed. It's still the first site I want to read every day. It cannot be bested as a reliable news source. It was a gem of a site, in 2001, and it's a gem of a site, today. Skinner, EarlG, and Elad have done a remarkable thing. I hope they know that.